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Articles on Indian Heritage / Culture COLLECTING MASKS by Dr. Gautam Chatterjee |
Ms. Krishna Dutt, an Anthropologist, worked
in Planning Commission in-charge development of schedule caste and schedule
tribe at federal level; presently consultant of IGNCA and in-charge of
ethnographic collections. She has been the coordinator of IGNCA’s mask
collection, talks to Dr. Gautam Chatterjee to unvail IGNCA’s endeavour to
the world of masks.
GC: Ms.Dutt, you being incharge of Mask acquisition and coordinated with people India and abroad will you kindly tell us something how it all started and how you have worked out the total process.
G.C. What’s the total number of Masks you have collected and how much are on display?
G.C. The masks collected by IGNCA are the same mask used by those traditional people or those are specially made for IGNCA.
G.C. Who are the collectors of these masks can you name few and about those private collections!
G.C. As we are aware some masks are sacred and parting with them becomes a problem for traditional people? Will you elaborate some of your experiences?
G.C. Those masks which are collected by IGNCA are made of different materials like wood to paper mache etc. some are very old and brittle. How you are thinking to store them and what are the corrective treatment you are providing to upkeep the masks.
G.C. Its understood these musks will be displayed in Adi Drishya gallerly, will you spell out such a plan!
Dr Gautam Chatterjee
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